Sand box



July 15, 1947. E. `wim-:NER 2,423,955

SAND BOX Filed NOV. 19,' 1945 INVENTOIL ILL/5 WIDE/VER ATTO NEY PatentedJuly 15, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAND BOX Ellis Widener,Birmingham, Ala.

Application November 19, 1945, Serial No. 629,394

3 Claims. (Cl. 272-1) This invention relates to toys and playgroundapparatus, and particularly to a sand box for children and has for anobject the' provision of 'an article of the character designated whichshall be adapted to be manufactured and shipped knock down and assembledwithout special tools.

Another object of my invention is to provide a metal sand box formedfrom shaped metal parts including a bottom and corner seats which shallbe adapted to be tted together and assembled without special tools.

A sand box embodying features of my invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which Fig. 1 is a planView;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional View taken along the line II-II of Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is an isometric view of one of the corners; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawing for a better understanding of my invention,my improved sand box is rectangular in shape comprising sides I0, l I,I2 and I3. The sides are made of sheet metal and each is provided withan upper outturned flange I4 followed by downturned flange I6. The loweredge is turned inwardly to form a lower flange I'I. At each end of eachof the sides are provided holes I8` and I9 to receive securing means.

Resting on the lower flanges I'I and extending across the box is acorrugated metal bottom 2I. The bottom 2| is cut to iit across the boxand rest on the flanges and requires no fastening.

The sides are held together by means of corner angles 22 which areplaced on the outside and each of which is provided on each side with apair of tongues 23 and 24 which are formed by cutting out slots on threesides and bending the resultant tongues inward. The tongues 23 and 24flt into the holes I8 and I9 in the sides and are bent downwardly tohold the sides in place as shown more particularly in Fig. 4 of thedrawing.

At each of the corners is a triangular seat 25, each of which isprovided with an inner downturned flange 26 which spans the corners ofthe box as shown in the drawing, and which holds the seat againstslipping outwardly, by engaging the adjacent sides of the box. Each ofthe seats is provided with outer, downturned flanges 21 and 28 which fltover the downturned flanges I6 extending along the sides of the box.Also, each of the downturned flanges 21 and 28 is bent back upon itselfas shown at 29 so that when it is placed on the box the bent underportion 29 snaps, or springs under the downturned flange I 3 of thesides, the under portion lying in the same plane as the flange I6. Thecorner seats 25, constructed as just described, are thus seen to providesubstantial bracing for the sides of the box and when once placed inposition on the corners of the box can only be removed by the exerciseof force by prying.

It will be seen that my improved sand box, constructed as described, mayhave the separate parts formed to shape in any suitable manner known tothe art and be packaged and shipped without assembling, to be assembledby the user when received. The only tool required is something to benddown the tongues 23 and 24 on the angles after they are placed in theholes I8 and I9 in the ends of the sides. It will thus be seen that Ihave provided a childs sand box which is simple of design, readilyassembled, and one which will withstand hard usage.

While I have shown my invention in but one form, it will be obvious tothose skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptibleof Various changes and modifications, without departing from the spiritthereof, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall beplaced thereupon as are speciiically set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A metal sand box comprising sheet metal sides with lower inturnedflanges, a metal bottom resting on the lower anges, structural angles atthe corners for holding the sides together, tongues on the structuralangles extending through the sides and bent over to join the sides tothe angles, and a triangular seat at the corner of the box formed ofsheet metal with an inner downturned flange having the ends bearingagainst the adjacent sides of the box, and an outer downturned flangetting snugly over the sides of the box.

2. A sand box comprising sheet metal sides, an upper outturned ilangebent downwardly along its outer edge to form a downturned flange, alower inturned ange along the lower edge of each side, a metal bottomresting on the lower flanges of the sides, supporting means at thecorners comprising structural angles fitting on the outside of thecorners and each having a plurality of tongues cut out therefrom andextending through the sides and bent over to join the angles to thesides, a triangular seat at each corner of the box, a downturned ange oneach seat extending across the corner and having its ends bearingagainst the sides of the box, and downturned anges along the sides ofthe seat fitting over the downturned flanges of the sides of the box.

3. A sand box as dened in claim 2 in which 5 REFERENCES CITED Thefollowing references are of record in the le of this patent:

STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 238,417 Miller Mar. 1, 1881 1,865,810Albach -1- July 5, 1932

